Mission

Pilipino-Americans in Social Studies (PASS) is an organization that focuses on fields relating to business, law, the social sciences, and social ecology. PASS is a "community within a community" striving to increase the representation of Pilipinos/Filipinos and other minorities within professional industries while providing a social support network that promotes academic excellence, career development, community involvement, and leadership opportunities for students in the UC Irvine and Pilipino/Filipino communities.

PASS meets every WEDNESDAY at 6PM in the Dr. White Room

Pillars

PASS operates off of five pillars, learn more about them below!

Career

We believe that minorities belong in the professional workplace, and we want to provide resources for them to get there.

Leadership

PASS provides programs that stress leadership and practice leadership skills through Mentorship, Internship, and High School Outreach.

Academic

PASS hosts study hours and peer tutoring to help members of the organization become better organized and excel in their academic career here at UCI.

Community

Projects to give back to the community are scattered through the year and give members multiple ways to get involved in the community.

Social Support

Being one of the smaller orgs on campus, we pride ourselves in our "tight knit" atmosphere and small family dynamic. We try to strenthen this through our social activities and workshops to better support each other.

Programs

Check out our cool programs and apply to them!

Internship

Mentorship

High School Outreach

Events

Throughout the year, PASS holds meetings at 6PM at the Dr.White Room, but also have special events that happen throughout the year, check out what we have planned for you below!

October 03, 2018

First General Meeting

Come join us for our first general meeting and learn more about us and what we are planning to do throughout the year!

November 2018

Mentorship Reveals

Apply to be a mentor or mentee and be paired by our wonderful counseling director! More information coming soon!

November 2018

ComPASSion Project

Each year PASS holds the ComPASSion Project, where our great community director picks a theme that gives back to the community and hosts it throughout the year! More information coming soon!

November 11, 2018

Justice For Filipino-American Veterans (JFAV)

Every veteran's day, PASS teams up with Alyansa Mga Kababayan to protest and gather support for Filipino Veterans who are not supported by the United States government, join us in this historical event this veteran's day!

Winter 2018

General Member Retreat

Every winter PASS hosts a retreat for all of their members to get together, bond, have fun, and make long lasting connections! This is definitely one of the highlights of the year and not worth missing out!

February 2019

Conference for Asian Pacific Pre-Professionals

This conference is held every year to let members of PASS and the UCI community connect to professionals in the different industries and inspire them. Hear speakers from Law firms to Blizzard Entertainment talk about their career paths and how you could get started!

May 2019

HSO One Day

Interested in High School Outreach but couldn't make it to their program? look no further than HSO One Day, this event is when high schoolers come out to UCI and PASS members lead them around campus and show them their experience at UCI and even how a day is like!

June 2019

End of The Year Banquet/Bonfire

The last events of the year is a banquet and bonfire to reminisce all meetings and bonds that you created through the year!

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PASS Board 2018-2019

Tim Yambao

External Vice President

Caitlyn Francisco

Internal Vice President

Jon Dy

Financial Vice President

C.Jae Villamin-De Leon

Academics & Administrative

Keila Reyes

High School Outreach Co-Director

Rochelle Cruz

High School Outreach Co-Director

Raphael Garcia

Social Development Director

Abbie Enriquez

Marketing & Publicity Director

Mia Yuen

Community Director

Christelle Cadang

Counseling Director

Jesse Agpawa

Alumni Liaison

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Internship

THE PURPOSE of this internship is to simulate a creative team-building atmosphere that will prepare pass members for the professional “real world”. As an intern, you will gain the opportunity to develop people, leadership, and artistic skills through the various projects assigned to your group during the school year. You will work in a team of other interns. Your goal is to find a compatible way to complete the following projects as a group..

PICTURED: Last year's interns!

Photography

Your group will be responsible for taking photography at all pass functions. Photo assignments may be enacted. The photos will be used for slideshows, newsletter, website, the yearbook and scrapbook, promotional flyers and other pass related visual aids.

Videography

Your group will be responsible for taking videos at after-events, meetings, and major pass functions. Projects will include Facebook commercials, event commercials, and the end of the year video yearbook.

Publications

Your group is also responsible for creating two publications: The PASS Yearbook and the PASS Newsletter(or other agreed-upon assignment). The yearbook is a collective compilation and will be published at the end of the year. The PASS Newsletter, however, must be published at least once a quarter, updating members about PASS. Another option to the Newsletter may be podcasts, informing and updating our members on a biweekly basis about PASS meetings and events.

MENTORSHIP

The Mentorship Program was started in 2014 with the purpose to provide our members with the opportunity to be paired with someone who will accompany and help them grow throughout their college experience. Mentor and mentee pairs are carefully selected to ensure the best match for one another. This programs hopes to provide participants with someone who will not only be a mentor/mentee, but also a life-long friend.

High School Outreach

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The primary objective of the PASSAGE Outreach Program is to stimulate interest in attending higher education among high school students. PASSAGE Outreach engages in a long-term program at local AVID high school classes where the directors and facilitators lead a workshop or lesson plan each week about a different aspect of the college admissions process or the college experience itself. The program seeks to inform high school students of the benefits associated with attending college, give them important insight into the process of applying to college, and adapting to the college experience once accepted. The purpose of this is to help students who otherwise may not be interested or know enough about college by showing them that opportunities are available for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and families where the parents may not have attended college. If successful, this will increase diversity on college campuses and in the future, help to ensure that people from a wide range of backgrounds can succeed in the professional world.